NATO's Parlamentariske Forsamling 2010-11 (1. samling)
NPA Alm.del Bilag 7
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Tuesday 16 November 2010 - Summary of the Plenary Sitting - AnnualSession, WarsawThe sitting was opened at 9.05 a.m. on Tuesday, 16 November 2010, with Hon. John Tanner (United States ), Presidentof the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, in the Chair.
1. Opening of the SittingThe Presidentdeclared the 56th Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly open.
2. Address by Hon. John Tanner, President of the AssemblyThe Presidentaddressed the Assembly.
3. Address by Mr Grzegorz Schetyna, Marshal of the SejmMr Schetynaaddressed the Assembly.The Presidentthanked Mr Schetyna.
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Address by Mr Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
Mr Tuskaddressed the Assembly.The Presidentthanked Mr Tusk.
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Address by Mrs Jadwiga Zakrzewska, Head of the Polish Delegation to the NATO
Mrs Zakrzewskaaddressed the Assembly.The Presidentthanked Mrs Zakrzewska.
6. Address by Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, Director of the OSCE Office for DemocraticInstitutions and Human Rights, followed by a question and answer periodAmbassador Lenarcicaddressed the Assembly and answered questions fromSvenMikser(Estonia ),Assen Agov (Bulgaria),Raynell Andreychuk(Canada ),Madeleine Moon(United Kingdom ),Styopa Safaryan(Armenia ),Peter Bottomley(United Kingdom ), andFrancis Hillmeyer(France).
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The Presidentthanked Ambassador Lenarci
7. Address by Ambassador Marcie B. Ries, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multilateral, Nuclear and Strategic Policy,United States Department of State, followed by a question and answer period
Ambassador Riesaddressed the Assembly and answered questions fromLeonard Demi(Albania),Jan Arild Ellingsen(Norway ),Assen Agov(Bulgaria ),Philippe Vitel(France),RainerStinner(Germany ),Heikki Holmas(Norway ),Juozas Olekas(Lithuania ),Andrzej Galazewski(Poland ) andFrancesco Bosi(Italy ).The Presidentthanked Ambassador Ries.
8.Message from Mr Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of NATO andChairman of the North Atlantic CouncilA recorded message from Mr Anders Fogh Rasmussen was broadcast to the Assembly.The Presidentmade a statement on the broadcast by the Secretary General.Birgitta Jonsdottir(Iceland ) made a statement on the broadcast.
9. Statement from Mr Bronislaw Komorowski, President of Poland, delivered byGeneral Stanislaw Koziej, Head of the National Security BureauA statement fromMr Bronislaw Komorowski,President of Poland, was delivered byGeneral Stanislaw Koziej.The Presidentthanked the President of Poland and General Koziej.
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Election of the President of the Assembly
There being only one nomination for the post of President of the Assembly,Dr Karl A.Lamers(Germany )was elected by acclamation.The President-Electaddressed the Assembly.
11. Election of Vice-Presidents of the AssemblyThere being five nominations for the positions of Vice-President,Petras Austrevicius(Lithuania),Hugh Bayley(United Kingdom),Mike Ross(United States),Jadwiga Zakrzewska(Poland) wereelectedandJean-MichelBoucheron(France), wasre-elected by acclamationin accordance with
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Article 6, paragraph 5 of the Rules of Procedure.The Presidentthanked Assen Agov, Jane Cordy, Sven Mikser and Hendrik Jan Ormel, theoutgoing Vice-Presidents, for their contribution to the work of the Assembly.Assen Agov(Bulgaria ),a Vice-President of the Assembly, took the Chair.
12. Presentation by Jane Cordy, on behalf of Pierre Claude Nolin, Treasurer ofthe Assembly, and Vote on the draft Budget of the Assembly for 2011 [118 FIN 10 E rev. 1 bis]Jane Cordy(Canada ) presented the draft Budget for 2011 on behalf of Pierre Nolin (Canada ).The draft Budget of the Assembly for 2011 [118 FIN 10 E rev. 1 bis] was agreed to.The Vice-Presidentthanked Jane Cordy.
13. Vote on the draft amendments to the Financial Regulations [233 SC 10 E]The Vice-Presidentsubmitted to the Assembly for final approval the draft amendments to theFinancial Regulations, as approved by the Standing Committee.The amendments to the Financial Regulations were approved.The sitting was suspended between 12.45 p.m. and 2.40 p.m. and resumed with VahitErdem(Turkey ),a former Vice-President of the Assembly, in the Chair.
14.Presentation by Simon van Driel, General Rapporteur of the Economics and SecurityCommittee, of the draft ResolutionBuilding a More Stable and Prosperous International Ordersubmitted by the Committee; debate and Vote on the draft Resolution [243 ESC 10 E rev. 1]Simon van Driel(Netherlands ) presented the draft Resolution.The draft ResolutionBuilding a More Stable and Prosperous InternationalOrder[243 ESC 10 E rev. 1] was adopted.
15. Presentation by Mr Jan Arild Ellingsen, Chairman of the Science and TechnologyCommittee on behalf of Hon. David Scott, General Rapporteur, of the draft ResolutionPartnering with Russia on WMD Security and Missile Defencesubmitted by the Committee;debate and Vote on the draft Resolution [245 STC 10 E rev. 1]Mr Ellingsen(Norway ) presented the draft Resolution.Giovanni Torri(Italy ) spoke.
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Mr Ellingsenreplied.The draft ResolutionPartnering with Russia on WMD Security and MissileDefence[245 STC 10 E rev. 1] was adopted.
16. Presentation by Ulla Schmidt, Member of the Committee on the Civil Dimension ofSecurity, of the draft ResolutionIncorporating UN Security Council resolution 1325 on Womenand Peace and Security into NATO's New Strategic Concept and into Alliance Policies andPracticessubmitted by the Committee; debate and Vote on the draft Resolution [232 CDS 10E bis]Ulla Schmidt(Germany ) presented the draft Resolution.Giovanni Torri(Italy ) andRaynell Andreychuk(Canada ) spoke.Ulla Schmidtreplied.The draft ResolutionIncorporating UN Security Council resolution 1325 on Women and Peaceand Security into NATO's New Strategic Concept and into Alliance Policies and Practices[232 CDS 10 E bis] was agreed to.
17. Sven Mikser, General Rapporteur of the Defence and Security Committee, of the draftResolutionAfghanistan Towards Transitionsubmitted by the Committee; debate and Vote onthe draft Resolution [251 DSC 10 E rev. 2]Sven Mikser(Estonia ) presented the draft Resolution.Jane Cordy(Canada ),a Vice-President of the Assembly, took the Chair.Francesco Bosi(Italy ) spoke.Sven Mikserreplied.The draft ResolutionAfghanistan Towards Transition[251 DSC 10 E rev. 2] was adopted.
18. Presentation by Lord Jopling, General Rapporteur of the Committee on the CivilDimension of Security of the draft ResolutionThe Situation in Georgiasubmitted by theCommittee; debate and Vote on the draft Resolution [254 CDS 10 E rev. 1]Lord Jopling(United Kingdom ) presented the draft Resolution.Paragraph 1 was agreed to.Petras Austrevicius(Lithuania ) moved Amendment No. 1, as follows:
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After paragraph 1, insert the following new paragraph:“Acknowledging the significant contribution of Georgia to the NATO mission in Afghanistan ”;Lord Joplingreplied.Amendment No. 1 was agreed to.Paragraphs 2 to 15 were agreed to.The draft ResolutionThe Situation in Georgia[254 CDS 10 E rev. 1], as amended, was agreedto.
19. Presentation by Raynell Andreychuk, General Rapporteur of the Political Committee, ofthe draft ResolutionThe Increasing Importance of NATO Partnershipssubmitted by theCommittee; debate and Vote on the draft Resolution [248 PC 10 E rev. 1]Raynell Andreychuk(Canada ) presented the draft Resolution.The draft ResolutionThe Increasing Importance of NATO Partnerships[248 PC 10 E rev. 1]was adopted.
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Closure of the Session
The Vice-Presidentthanked Mrs Jadwiga Zakrzewska, Head of the Polish Delegation, her staff, thestaff of the Sejm and Senate, the International Secretariat, the interpreters, the security staff and allthe others who had helped the session run so smoothly.The Session was closed at 3.30 p.m.______
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